Stocking toe vabbic



June27,1933; K ELMAN f 1,915,792

STOCKING TpE FABRIC" Filed April 21, 1932 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY.

Patented June 27, 1933.

PATENT. orrica JACK KUGELMAN, 0F ELKINB PARK, PENNSYLVANIA STOCKING- TOEFABRIC Application filed April 21,-

This invention relates to a stocking toe fabric incorporating anindependent locking stitch that will prevent run backs in the fabricwhen certain knitted loops of the toe fabric are ruptured or severed inthe use thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide a separate independent sewingmachine stitch along one knitted course of the toe fabric to interlockthe loops of said course to prevent the passage ther'e by of runs formedin the toe fabric.

My invention is also distinguished in the size, numerical relationandarrangement of the loops of the locking stitch inrelation to theloops of the 'toe fabric course so as to assure interlocking of eachloop of the toe fab- IlC course.

My invention is also distinguished in the use of a locking stitch thatis separate and distinct from the thread or stitch used in theconstruction of the toe fabric.

With these and other objects in view the invention will be betterunderstood from the following detail description taken in connectionwith the accompanying .drawing wherein: w Figure 1 is a side elevationof alstocking constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a or section.

Figure 3 is a diagrammatic view of the knitting. 1

Figure 4 is an enlarged of one of Y the toe fabric ops associated with aportion of the locking stitch.

. Figure 5 is 'a detail view of a portion of'a leg blank fabric showingmy locking stitch arrangement in the heel tabs.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the numeral 1 desi ates a knittedstocking pref erably of the full fashioned type, having a foot section 2knitted in the usual manner on a flat full fashion knitting ma chine tohave an instep fabric 3, a reinforced sole fabric 4 and a. reinforcedtoe fabric 5. I wish it to be understood that insome cases, such as thecurrent demand for sandal feet, the toe fabric 5 maybe of sheerconstruction thereby adding to the advantages and utility of my planview of the foot blank perspective view a 1932. Serial No. 606,621.

improved toe stitch feature new to be de-' scribed.

One knitted course 6 of the toe fabric as shown in Figure 3 has sewedtherealo such as by a sewing machine, This locking stitch 7 is formedfrom a thread separate fromthe yarn or thread used in the knitting ofthe toe fabric. This locking stitch 7 in the sewing thereof provides aplurality of interconnected 100 s 8 which interlock with the loops 9 oftie course 6, the thread extending entirely across the toe fabric fromselvage edge 10 to selvage ed e 11. Referring'to Figure 3 it will benote that the loops 8 of the locking stitch have a definite numericalrelation with the loops 9 and are arranged in a-definite position inrelation to the loops 9, that is to say, each loop 9 consisting of theeye portion 12 and limbs 13 .interlocked in a novel manner with theloops a locking stitch 7.

of the locking stitch. As shown in Figures '3 and 4, the size,arrangement and numberof loops are such that a loop of the lockingstitch is provided for each limb 13 of the loops 9, so that each limb 13of each loop 9 is engaged and locked by a loop of the lockin stitchthereby positively preventing runs from.moving back from the toeatch orruns extending from the leg of t e stocking down into the toe patch. Toprovide the locking stitch with loop formations and interlocking thesame with the limbs of the toe fabric loops, as illustrated, is averyimportant feature of my invention and was only developed throughextensive experiments conducted.

- For instance, as an example of difliculties experienced in thedevelopment of a desired type of locking stitch, it may be stated thatan ordinary sewing machine stitch sewed across the toe fabric will notaccomplish desired results due to the fact that the same does not havethe proper elasticity and further will not properly interlock with eachloop of a single course in the toe fabric. In other words, it is veryimportant that the number of loops in a linear inch of the lockingstitch 7 have a definite numerical relation with the gage of the knittedstocking so as to assure proper interlocking engagement between the viestoc fer vents a run extending downwerdl e stocking end will not preventerun roi'n extending 'iipwardly -in a; stocking fabric;-

whereas, my ferrn of stitch steps t runs neving ineither directionend'when uiseni in e .toe.

atchwill pgsitively prevent a, run exten ing up the stocking as this isusually the case in a; toe patch due to the cuttingof the ends of thetoe of the stocking by the toes of the user.

' In Figure -1 heve shown e leaking stitch 14 in each of the heel tabs15 so-thet when the v heel-16 of thefstocking is complete&, runs iormingin the heel-will he breventefl from.

extending upw erdlyzin the leg of the stock mg.

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1 described myi nventioin; what I -.c ,i F -'m As a iiew articleofm'anufacture, dknitted stocking-having a-toe fabric of coursesofplainknitted loops and a. locking stitch' con-' 'sisting of a separatethreed sewed along the entire len 11 bf a single'courseof loops Of thetoe-fa, rib and providing 'a single stitch loop for each'limb of eachplain loop in the s aid-"ce'urse', said stitch p 'completely embracingthe limb of the plain l'ocp andell of the stitch ioeps cooperating withall of the limbs of all (if the plain lobps of th'e'single course toprevent runs in the'toe fabricfrom I extending either direction welewiseof the tee fabric.

In testimonyiwhere'efl have signed this .specificatien this12 day (ifApril, 1932.

v JACK KUGELTRMNQ

